Series P-60, No. 66December 2 3 , 1969

INCOME IN 1968 OF FAMILIES AND PERSONSIN THE UNITED STATES -x43.6-6

Percent Distribution of Families by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residenceat Each Income Level in 1968

(6.116,WO familiesl

11.326.000familiesl

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Metropolitan: Nonmetropolitan:

Outside central cities Farm

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Maurice H. Sk, SecretaryI Recco C. Siciliano, Under Sec’ktary _I.

Harold C. Passer, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS George Hay Brown, Director

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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

GEORGE’ HAY BROWN, Director

ROBERT F. DRURY, Deputy DirectorCONRAD TAEUBER, Associate Director

Population Division

HERMAN P. MILLER, Chief

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was prepared by Emmett F. Spiers, Roger A. Herriot, andMitsuo Ono, staff members and Chief, respectively, of the Consumer IncomeStatistics Branch, Population Division. Statistical assistance and reviewwere provided by Marianne P. Witschy of the Consumer Income StatisticsBranch. This report was completed under the general direction of Murray S.Weitzman, Assistant Chief (Economic Statistics Ptograms), PopulationDivision.

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CONTENTSP a g e

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Family incomes in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas . . . . . . .Income of persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Related reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Definitions and explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Comparability of current population survey income data with other dataSource and reliability of the estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nonresponses and allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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/ TEXT TABLESTable P a g eA.--Families by total money income in current and constant dollars, for the United States: 1966, 1967, and 1947 . . . . . . . . . . 1B.-Number and median income in 1966 of families, by type of residence, for the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2C.-Standard errors of estimated percentage of families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3D.-Sampling variability of selected medians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4

DETAILED TABLES

Families

Summary tablesTable P a g e

1 .-Summary measures of family characteristics by total money income in 1968, for the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 72.-Cumulative percent distributions of selected family characteristics by total money income.in 1968, for the United States . . . 1 73.-Families with specified characteristics as a percent of all families, by total money income in 1968, for the United States . . . 1 8

Trends in family income

4.-Families and unrelated individuals by total money income in 1947, 1950, and 1956 to 1968. bv race of head. forthe United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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5.-Families and unrelated individuals by total money income in 1947, 1950. and 1956 to.1968. in constant dollars. bv race of1 9

head, for the United States . . . . . -. . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . ..,

6.-Median income in 1947 to 1968 of families, by race of head, for the United States . . . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :2 02 1

7.--Families by total money income in 1953 and 1956 to 1968, in constant dollan, for the United States, by regions . . . . . . . 2 18.-Percentage share of aggregate income in 1947, 1950, and 1956 to 1968, received by each fifth of families and unrelated

individuals, ranked by income, by race of head, for the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2O.-Percentage share of aggregate income in 1953 and 1956 to 1968, received by each fifth of families, ranked by income, for

the United States, by regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3lo.--Primary families and individuals by total money income in 1947, 1951, and 1956 to 1968, for the United States . . . . . . . 2 4

1968 family income

1 I.-Type of residence and race-Families and unrelated individuals by total money income in 1968, for the United States12.-Type of family and age and race of head-Families and unrelated individuals by total money income in 1968, for the

U n i t e d s t a t e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 813.-Size of family-Families by total money income in 1968, for the United States, farm and nonfarm14.-Size and type of family and number of related children under 18 years old--Families bv total monev’incbme in.1968 bv ’ ’ .

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race,fortheUnitedStates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.-Age of head and size and type of family--Families by total money income in 1968, for the United States . . . . . . . . . . .16.-Age of own children-Familes by total money income in 1968 by age of head and type of family, for the United States . . .17.~-Subfamilies by total money income in 1968, by type of subfamily and race of head, for the United States . . . . . . . . . . .18.-Number of earners--Families and unrelated individuals by total money income in 1968, by race of head, for the United Stateslg.-Number of earners in 1968 and relationship of earners to head--Families by total money income in 1968, by type of family,

for the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.-Earnings of husband in 1968-Husband-wife families by earnings in 1968 and age of wife, for the United States . . . . . . .21.-Earnings and occupation of longest job in 1968 of husband--Husband-wife families by current labor force status of wife,

for the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22.-Education of head--Families with head 25 years old and over by total money income in 1968, by years of school completed ’

and age and race of head, and unrelated individuals 25 years old and over by total money income in 1968, by years of schoolcompleted, for the United States ,. . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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